Is Salah a boy or girl name?

Salah is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,185 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 16.5% were girls and 83.5% were boys.

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Salah

Recorded 1972–2025 · United States

Salah was most popular in 2024, when 62 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,891 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,081, with 58 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,185 people named Salah.

Salah over time

Births per year. The dot marks Salah’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Salah a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Salah is mostly a boy’s name — 16.5% of the 1,185 Americans given it were girls and 83.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 29% girls and 71% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Salah

Where Salah is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

New York 5.3×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org